Oh, hell. Danica wondered why Clara had never mentioned such a thing to her in all her chattering, then realized that, because of her tendency to shut the other young woman down whenever she even began to utter Jeremiah’s name, Clara had probably decided it wasn’t worth bringing up the subject. “Well, that may be, but I can’t control what Mr. Wilcox does or doesn’t do. Surely no one can fault my behavior.”
“No, not at all,” Robert said. This time his tone was almost dry, but there was a flicker in his eyes Danica couldn’t quite read as he added, “More than one person has said you were very clever indeed, to get the richest man in Flagstaff paying such attention to you so soon after your arrival in town.”
Oh, they had, had they? So this was what people did before f*******: and Twitter…spe
